RABBITS: Pitchfork Premieres Gnarly New Noise From Northwest Nuisance

Yes, those stabby-toothed, noisemongering crop-raiders RABBITS are about to drop their newest litter of frenzied buzzsaw anthems, as Bites Rites is now just days from official release via Good To Die Records.

The follow-up to RABBITS’ Relapse Records-released 2011 debut, Lower Forms, captures the Portlandian trio’s lumbering noise buildups and disharmonious riffage at their most scathing yet, its nine pulverizing poems engulfing twenty-seven minutes you’ll never get back. Bites Rites will be released on 180-gram LP with included digital download delivery.

Pitchfork today has released the neckbreaking Bites Rites album opener “We And Zoo” to let you know just what the deal is. Hop your ass over there and get busy with the RABBITS immediately, RIGHT HERE.

Thee Portlanders have confirmed a batch of live infestations over the coming weeks, including a hometown Bites Ritesrecord release throwdown on September 28th, followed by a ten-show assault through the western US where RABBITS’ll join Dietso, Witch Mountain, Castle, Sons of Tonatiuh, Drunk Dad and more onstage.

RABBITS’ latest intoxicated orgy of adrenalized lagomorphic chaos will see release this September via a recent infestation of Good To Die Records. On Bites Rites this obligate nasal-breathing collective of rhythm morticians ravenously gnaw through nine tracks, including demented covers of Spacemen 3’s “2:35” and Husker Du’s “What’s Going On.” Yes, a Butthole Surfers, Melvins, Unsane or Buzzov*en reference may scuttle forth during the sonic bombardment of Bites Rites, yet a thoroughbred uniqueness abounds within each segment. Bites Rites was recorded and mixed by Fester at Haywire Studios, Portland, (Wizard Rifle, Atriarch, Nux Vomica) and mastered by Ryan Foster at Foster Mastering, Portland (Agalloch, Muslimgauze, Fishbone), with cover art by Sacramento artist Skinner (author of Every Man Is My Enemy) and drawings and titles by Portland artist Kevin Abell (co-editor of Nudity in Groups).

Review copies of Bites Rites and interrogations of the RABBITS are available worldwide via the Earsplit Compound.

“Ever wonder what would happen if you put your Butthole Surfers records through a buzz saw?” – Vancouver Weekly